PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Folami Zuberi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zuberi comes to the cage accompanied by Mickey Factz - Rocker. This should be fireworks!

Zuberi
vs
Kong

193 cm
25
240 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

225 cm
23
155 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Folami Zuberi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Kong!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zuberi dodges the punch combination from Kong.
Zuberi takes a kick to the side of the head.
Kong misses with the combination.
Kong stalks Zuberi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Zuberi's face. Zuberi staggers backwards, shaken.
Kong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kong throws a series of punches but Zuberi moves out of range.
Zuberi dodges the punch combination from Kong.
Kong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick misses from Kong.
Kong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kong!
King Kong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zuberi drops Kong with a right and a left! Zuberi comes rushing in but Kong regains his composure and manages to keep Zuberi in guard.

Kong is rocked!

It looks like King Kong has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zuberi stays in close to Kong's body and controls the position.
Zuberi seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kong for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zuberi passes Kong's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Kong actively working from the bottom here.

Zuberi is trying for a kimura here. Kong looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Zuberi wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Folami Zuberi!